Systems and methods for detecting an object in an environment of a vehicle
Systems include a controller programmed to instruct a sensor to detect an object in an environment of a vehicle in response to an activation of a fall-on-car prevention function, determine a first value of a parameter pertaining to the object at a first time with the sensor, determine a second value of the parameter pertaining to the object at a second time with the sensor, and automatically cause an action to occur based on a comparison of the first value of the parameter and the second value of the parameter.
1. A system comprising:
a controller programmed to:
instruct a sensor to detect an object in an environment of a vehicle in response to an activation of a fall-on-car prevention function;
determine a first value of a parameter pertaining to the object at a first time with the sensor, the first value corresponding to a first angle between a vertical line and a center axis of the object at the first time at which the object is not swinging;
determine a second value of the parameter pertaining to the object at a second time with the sensor, the second value corresponding to a second angle between the vertical line and the center axis of the object at the second time; and
automatically cause an action to occur based on a comparison of the first value of the parameter at the first time and the second value of the parameter at the second time, wherein the parameter includes a pose of the object.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the fall-on-car prevention function is automatically activated prior to the vehicle becoming stationary.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the fall-on-car prevention function is activated based on a weather status of the environment of the vehicle.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the fall-on-car prevention function is activated in response to an activation of a button of the vehicle.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further programmed to periodically activate the fall-on-car prevention function while the vehicle is stationary.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the action provides a notification to a device of a driver for the vehicle indicative of the object falling based on the comparison of the first value of the parameter at the first time and the second value of the parameter at the second time.
7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the controller is further programmed to receive a signal from the device of the driver instructing the sensor to silence future notifications based on a location of the vehicle.
8. The system of claim 6 , wherein the controller is further programmed to receive a signal from the device of the driver instructing the sensor to silence future notifications based on an object classification associated with the object in the environment of the vehicle.
9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the action provides a notification to a server communicatively coupled to the vehicle, the notification indicative of the comparison of the first value of the parameter at the first time and the second value of the parameter at the second time.
10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the action comprises operating the vehicle outside of an object falling range, the object falling range being determined based on a size of the object, a dimension of the object, a size of the vehicle, a dimension of the vehicle, or combinations thereof.
11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further programmed to:
determine an object falling range based on a size of the object, a dimension of the object, a size of the vehicle, a dimension of the vehicle, or combinations thereof;
determine whether the vehicle is within the object falling range; and
transmit a notification to a device of a driver in response to determining that the vehicle is within the object falling range.
12. A method of detecting an object in an environment of a vehicle, comprising:
detecting an object in an environment of a vehicle in response to an activation of a fall-on-car prevention function;
determining a first value of a parameter pertaining to the object at a first time with a sensor, the first value corresponding to a first angle between a vertical line and a center axis of the object at the first time at which the object is not swinging;
determining a second value of the parameter pertaining to the object at a second time with the sensor, the second value corresponding to a second angle between the vertical line and the center axis of the object at the second time; and
automatically causing an action to occur based on a comparison of the first value of the parameter at the first time and the second value of the parameter at the second time, wherein the parameter includes a pose of the object.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the fall-on-car prevention function is automatically activated prior to the vehicle becoming stationary.
14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the fall-on-car prevention function is activated based on a weather status of the environment of the vehicle.
15. The method of claim 12 , wherein the fall-on-car prevention function is activated in response to an activation of a button of the vehicle.
16. The method of claim 12 , further comprising periodically activating the fall-on-car prevention function while the vehicle is stationary.
17. The method of claim 12 , wherein the action provides a notification to a device of a driver indicative of the object falling based on the comparison of the first value of the parameter at the first time and the second value of the parameter at the second time.
18. The method of claim 17 , further comprising receiving a signal from the device of the driver instructing the sensor to silence future notifications based on a location of the vehicle.
19. The method of claim 17 , further comprising receiving a signal from the device of the driver instructing the sensor to silence future notifications based on an object classification associated with the object in the environment of the vehicle.